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melony

/ˈmɛləni/adjective

melony is spelled M-E-L-O-N-Y: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 47 million words in written English, the 211,986th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Melony, the name). As an adjective, melony means “Resembling or having the characteristics of a melon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in melony?

Letters6: M-E-L-O-N-Y
In writingabout once in every 47 million words; the 211,986th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Sounds like
Same letters

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is melony?

Melony appears about once in every 47 million words in written English, the 211,986th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Melony, the name.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce melony?

  • /ˈmɛləni/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Words people confuse with melony

Sounds like: Melanie (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

What rhymes with melony?

No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as melony.

Spelled with the same letters in another order: lemony.

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of melony

  • more melony comparative
  • most melony superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does melony mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Resembling or having the characteristics of a melon.

  2. 2

    Relating to melons.

    full of melony goodness

  3. 3

    Curvaceous.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does melony come from?

From melon + -y.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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